While I am still not ready to stop running predictions on Game of Thrones, I have decided not to post anything new until we see some new information, and then, only if my predictions are compliant with the new information. I was going to say I’m waiting for the S5 DVD set, but then I realized we’re expecting to get a trailer or two before then. So I might post something in response to the trailer(s) before I get to watch the DVDs with audio commentaries. Until then, though? I need to post on other topics and with other materials.

For instance: I have a new graphic design app on my iPad, and I’m learning how to use it. For now, here’s a little something I made in that new app, and cleaned up in Pixelmator. While it is not quite 100% pixel-perfect, it tiles well enough and it looks pretty. Enjoy.

Oh, dear. I seem to have let sincerity get into my silliness. Tonight, to observe the near-end of S6 filming, I will give you one of the most beautiful passages from Jaime’s POV chapters in A Storm of Swords. This graphic warranted a session in Pixelmator on the laptop because there is no way Retype for iPad can give me this degree of control:

(In case you’re wondering: the Smiling Knight was NOT a good guy. No, he was a nasty piece of work.)

This is the sort of writing that makes me think Jaime is GRRM’s favorite.

I think the funniest thing about this graphic is not that I decided to name it “Flowers Gang Up On You,” but that I named the graphic “flowersganguponyou1,” as if I might have more graphics that refer to flowers kicking your ass.

You know what would really bring joy to my workday? An online equivalent of JWildfire or Chaotica. Like, a website that renders fractal flames, and not just flat, simple ones like the Mandelbrot set. Like, I could design a flame at home in JWildfire, save the code in Dropbox, and then paste the code into a website that would render the image. That would be so incredibly awesome.